Setting Up Yale Connect Wi-Fi Bridge

Yale Connect Wi-Fi Bridge serves as a Wi-Fi bridge between our Servers and your Smart Lock so you can lock and unlock your Smart Lock remotely, right from your phone. With Yale Connect Wi-Fi Bridge, you can instantly let visitors into your home when you're not there.

Requirements

  • Make sure your device has Wi-Fi turned on (Settings > Wi-Fi)
  • Make sure your phone is connected to your home Wi-Fi network (Yale Connect Wi-Fi Bridge is compatible with 2.4 gHZ Wi-Fi) 
  • The Yale Connect Wi-Fi Bridge requires an active Yale Smart Lock and needs to be installed using a compatible phone. 

To install your Yale Connect Wi-Fi Bridge

For optimal performance and reliability, plug Yale Connect Wi-Fi Bridge into a power socket that is within 15 feet on an opposite or adjacent wall from your Yale Smart Lock.

  1. Wait for the flashing green light on your Yale Connect Wi-Fi Bridge. If you don’t see the flashing green light press and hold the button on your Yale Connect Wi-Fi Bridge for 5 seconds.
  2. In the Yale Home App, go to the side menu (upper left), tap Set Up New Device.
  3. Choose Set Up a Connect Bridge.
  4. Choose a lock with which to associate your Yale Connect Wi-Fi Bridge.
  5. When prompted, plug connect Bridge into a socket near your door and then follow the in-app instructions.

The accessory setup interface will ask you to choose your home Wi-Fi network. Once your Yale Connect Wi-Fi Bridge has successfully joined your home Wi-Fi network, the Yale Home App will check the signal levels of your Wi-Fi and bluetooth connections. If your signal levels are good, you’re almost finished. If your signal levels are low, you will be guided through adjusting the location of your Yale Connect Wi-Fi Bridget to improve its connection.

If you experience issues joining your Yale Connect Wi-Fi Bridge with your Wi-Fi network, here you find troubleshooting steps.

Yale Connect Wi-Fi Bridge displays its current status through different LED indicator lights on the front of the device. Here you find help to determine what the LED indicators on Yale Connect Wi-Fi Bridge mean as well as any troubleshooting steps you can take to improve functionality.

 

The Yale Home app

Connect and control all your Yale smart products from a single app: Smart Locks, Smart Indoor Cameras, Smart Outdoor Cameras, Smart Video Doorbell, Smart Alarm, Smart Storage solutions and Smart Gate and Garage Opener


Functionalities include:

  • App control: See what's happening at home with live view from anywhere in the world.
  • Activity monitoring: Receive real time notifications when a motion is detected and check the activity feed.
  • Two way audio support: See, hear and speak to your trusted visitors at any time.
  • Share access: Grant control of your smart cameras and video doorbell to family, friends and trusted visitors.
  • Multi-house support: Conveniently control all your properties from a single app

Download the Yale Home App

Our Yale Smart Indoor Camera works with our Yale Home app. Download our free Yale Home app on iOS and Android below.

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